{"product_id":"the-language-of-the-law","title":"The Language of the Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is that rare book which both informs and entertains. It is scholarly and sprightly - an unusual combination for any book  let alone one treating of the law. Lawyers and laymen alike can read it with profit and amusement. I hope many do  for it deserves a wide audience. The Honorable Arthur J. Goldberg (1908-1990)  United States Supreme Court  The New York Herald Tribune A superb piece of writing  lucid  witty  meticulous in scholarship and unfailingly interesting. Robert R. Kirsch  Los Angeles Times We now have a full-scale study of our legal language that is written with an extraordinary awareness for vacuous words and phrases and an astounding amount of research into their history and usage.... This book has a practical value to every lawyer who drafts a document  a pleading  or even a letter. It is a great plea to bring the law up to date by awakening us to the empty verbalisms in which we think we are housing our thoughts.... It is a rare book that has value for all lawyers  despite the tendency of publishers and reviewers to make this claim with great frequency. Here  however  is a rarity. No lawyer could fail to learn many facts of surprising interest. But beyond this  The Language of the Law presents a subtle challenge to the American Bar  a stimulus to improve our work and our profession by sharpening the product of our minds. If we meet this challenge head-on  we can perform a far more fundamental and genuine service to our clients  the public  and to ourselves than any other area of improvement  including court reform  can possibly offer. Ray D. Henson  American Bar Association Journal It should be compulsory reading for lawyers and judges; for a layman it is learning and entertainment of high order. The Honorable Matthew O. Tobriner (d. 1982)  Associate Justice  Supreme Court of California  San Francisco Chronicle ...Brilliant and discursive treatise  concisely and urbanely presented  ...a remarkable stimulus  recommended highly to the general reader as well as the wordy professional. Hugo Sonnenschein  Jr.  Chicago Daily New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946233425973,"sku":"ByrdShop_1592446906","price":44.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781592446902_a9dad523-3056-4d9e-a59c-55fabbf37d5e.jpg?v=1770152851","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-language-of-the-law","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}